Sagicor Group traded more than 400 million shares valued more than $1.57 billion on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Monday pushing the volume and the value of stocks traded well above Friday’s levels after an exchange of 435,202,023 shares in all three markets, up from 38,158,414 units on Friday for $15.81 billion on the Junior and Main markets amounting, up sharply from $580.24 million on the previous trading day.
Trading on the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 32,183 shares for US$2,895 compared to 566,050 units at US$37,617 on Friday.
Trading activities in the markets ended with the prices of 42 shares rising, 36 declining and 40 ending firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index rallied 3,945.05 points to t 337,441.10, the All Jamaican Composite Index rallied 5,196.86 points to conclude trading at 374,403.63, the JSE Main Index climbed 3,736.63 points to end the day at 325,187.58, the Junior Market Index advanced a solid 51.85 points to finish at 3,691.61 and the JSE USD Market Index rose 0.57 points to conclude trading at 230.23.
In Main Market activity, Sagicor Group led trading with 413.89 million stocks followed by Sagicor Select Financial Fund with 6.81 million shares and Transjamaican Highway with 2.77 million units.
In Junior Market trading, Lumber Depot led with 1.50 million stocks followed by Derrimon Trading with 1.05 million shares and Kintyre Holdings with 836,962 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% gained $1.95 and ended at $43.95, Jamaica Public Service 9.5% popped $105 to $2,860, 138 Student Living preference share dropped $45.02 to end at $254.98 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% climbed $3.60 in closing at $105.
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